Show I I MANUAl TRAINING I IS IN GOOD HANDS I 1 Efficiency of This Branch Is 1 Being Steadily Increased I Says Supt Christensen i m j UNUSUAL ABILITY SHOWN L 1 SOMETHING ABOUT PERSONNEL J OF TEACHING STAFF STAFFs s jT I to i can only my M y that tie the manual I training departments department of the th i b public schools st are in excellent condition and steadily ste te Improving said 8 ld D V II H Chris Chrie Christensen Chr if 4 city superintendent dent of or o schools seh oIa i On the point raised In the board meet met meeting J ing In Tuesday evening I would rather not noti i express an au opinion aa as g the board itself I intends to take up the suitability of women teachers for this dad dabs of work rc There ha baa been en a increase of oC 4 efficiency in this line of ot work The wo we woman waman J man teachers we have had in the man manual manual ual flat training schools have all been rather athor exceptional in their ability in that line of work vork But hut we have J ve not all female teachers There ar are several everal 1 teachers of ot the male persuasion of or high highT T qualifications In I this work Recently three men were engaged One of ot these theses Edgar Mitchell Is I a graduate ot of the Agricultural college and two others J JO JO 1 O 0 and A O 0 are 4 not only experienced teachers teacher but ex excellent 1 mechanics aa a well welly wellI I M y X No Hough another nather manual train training training trainIng ing teacher Is la a graduate of Burdue university and has hu ha a wide experience in work especially on Ob rail rall railroad road construction work J 1 L Townsend is Ie w well II known as an experienced mechanic and as ae a con and is also alec an exceptional teacher On Monday next another young man manwill will wlL begin work in this department This Thie Is Emil Emit Joel Jost a native of ot i lan l who has lias been studying at aC the University of ot Utah and who has 1 experience as IS a foreman foremen on en rail rall railroad 4 road construction corf work and is Ie a practical mechanic 4 i Of O the wom n teachers Anna Fouche comes from the University of oft tj t Chicago and stands high In the th knowl knowledge knowledge f edge of hand work It 4 Miss Laura U L I Foster FeeLer has been ten teny years yeara y in tile the schools and has shown that she he he possesses unusual ability In the lines JInes of ot work required by the depart department 4 ment k Miss Mias Harriet Randolph has baa ha been In Inthe Inthe the public schools for fifteen years yeara and andas i lias as secured a place in the front rank r of Ui the teachers of hand work I Miss Jesale has lia been for many years yearn a teacher and has ha also alec t own her aptitude for the manual training work tt Mrs Irs Sara E Carrick besides her heri i work at the state university has bas taken takena i t J special a course In the work Ork at Colum Columbia U bla bia university and in artistic lines linee i particularly has ha shown that she Is 1 ad admirably bly qualified F These Thee are the manual training i te teachers now at work Mr Ir Hough Trough and f Mr Ir Townsend are In the High school hool hoolI I k and the other others in the various manual 1 training t schools k b kt bt t Is well nelt to remember that teaching ability is the first thing to be reckoned j t 1 with When mechanical ability is added so much the better bettel and in this matter the department is Ie all aU the time improving The department lost one teacher of IJ I rare are attainments In III th the death of Mrs MN I Mrs M had hadt t shown great aptitude for Cor the tile work and few male teachers could have hac done bet better bett t ter work The committee on teachers and school nork tode ork will meet very shortly and will j t take up the resolution offered by W TV J Jewman Newman at the meeting of the board Tuesday evening that the woman r teachers be replaced by men at once It will not be adopted by the board Without a struggle It |